Interesting info RoRo. I googled the elevated hips thing and there is definitely a school of thought that says it isn't useful. I agree that if the little guys are gonna make it though, they will in most cases.

All good here. Some hope for hubby's friend as he is undergoing many tests and some aren't showing the cancer as they thought so it may be something else. If so, it will still be bad but a huge blessing also. Only time will tell.

AFM I think I'm 6DPO and getting frustrated with Fertility Friend as it isn't showing ovulation and I don't know why. I had the usual dip and then rise in temperatures at CD12 as I usually do but it isn't registering as that being O day. Hmmmm...not sure what's going on. Anyway, I'm feeling so much better being back to temping this month. I was going crazy in the TWW with nothing to keep an eye on. I'm bound to get frustrated at taking temps again soon, but for now it's all good.

Hi Nat526
Ive had similar fun with Fertility Friend over the last 2 months. It keeps telling me that Im ovulating a day after a positive OPK despite the fact the temp seems to rise the day after that. I don't get it.

I think we Oéd yesterday so a couple more days to make sure and then the waiting game begins

We went to visit SIL/BIL/N over the weekend. She's doing really well now - will hopefully be released from hospital this week. She still has some vision issues which may or may not be permanent, and occasional aphasia (who doesn't occasionally forget a few words!), but all in all, it's an excellent recovery. And her LO is well - throwing back bottles like it's going out of style!

All the stars are aligning for our first proper attempt next week - DH has changed his roster to be home, and a potentially ill-timed work trip to Kalgoorlie for me has (thankfully) been taken on by a colleague. I'm looking forward to finally rolling the dice!

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Hi Nat526
Ive had similar fun with Fertility Friend over the last 2 months. It keeps telling me that Im ovulating a day after a positive OPK despite the fact the temp seems to rise the day after that. I don't get it.

I think we Oéd yesterday so a couple more days to make sure and then the waiting game begins

Vivre - my understanding is that ovulation is on that dip day. It rises after that when progesterone is released. So the pattern is usually a positive OPK one day, ovualation the next with a low temp, then a high temperature for the days after that. So yours sounds like it's right. Hope this helps.

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Thanks Nat I get what you mean, I think I haven't explain it very well. My temp seems to dip one more day after FF says Ive ovulated.. Its happened last two months but not this one so we'll see what happens.

Im off to the Fertility Specialists tomorrow for ultrasounds etc. so maybe I might hear how the blood test have gone. Given we have been through the fertility period (DPO2 today I think) hubby hasn't held off on his tests so Im hoping its not much of an issue

Well visit to Dr yesterday & all blood tests are ok. Had an ultrasound & apparently my right ovary is hiding -- think I might start talking to it to coax it out.. Ha ha
Now awaiting boy & progesterone tests. Dr says if that's all ok, next stop is laparoscopy
Phew..

We're out for this month. AF arrived today
Oh well, onwards and upwards. We have an appointment at beginning of July to check things out. So we will fit one more cycle in before then. Even though it all feels frustrating, we've only actually tried for 7 or 8 months so I suppose we're still in the average trying time.